A/N Okay this is my first ever story, so please be kind. I have worked really hard on it and no it is not a oneshot I actually have it planned out for several chapters but I'm still typing them in micrsoft word (I'm not very fast when it comes to typing) if I get some reveiws that may speed up the process.
Disclamer: I do not own Naruto, if I did Sauke and Kabuto would be gay, oh wait they already are! HAHAHAHA! (just kidding about Sasuke, personaly I think he is ment to be with Sakura)
Chapter 1: Why Me?
"Damnit!! Why does every thing have to be so troublesome?" I thought aloud as I gathered my worthless possessions. I'm Shikamaru Nara, the laziest ninja in town. My I.Q. is over 200 and my head is shaped like a pineapple. Yeah that's all I'm saying.
I looked around my room for anything I had forgotten. I noticed my shuriken pouch on the nightstand. How did I miss that I thought as I picked it up. Looking inside it I realized it was full of candy bar wrappers. Crap this is what I get for never throwing anything away.
I promptly turned the pouch upside down, not thinking. That probably wasn't a great idea I realized as all the contents fell out on to the floor. Something else fell out too. It hit the floor hard and rolled under my bed.
"Ahh man this is such a drag" I said. The item was my special kunai from the sand village. I dropped to the floor and reached under my bed trying to find the kunai. After rummaging around for a bit my hand found a familiar object. Grabbing it I pulled it out and stood up. It was a picture frame. A pretty blond girl with four pigtails smiled up at me. Sighing deeply I sat down on my bed. I sighed again I seemed to be doing that a lot lately. I looked at the picture and lay back on my bed. Temari why? Why did you have to go get in that car crash you knew that good for nothing guardian of yours was drunk?
That was the night I stopped caring. The girl I loved dead, my life was over. I just gave up, unfortunately my parents noticed. So now they're sending me to some boarding school for kids with problems instead of the regular high school I was supposed to attend. That was why I was packing.
"Shika-honey are you ready to go?" my mom yelled.
"I told you not to call me that, but yeah I'm ready." I answered grabbing my old duffle bag and slinging my backpack over my shoulder. I took one last look around my room knowing I wasn't going to see it for a long time. The duffle was heavier than I thought it would be I could barley lift it. I dragged it to the top of the stairs and let gravity do the rest. Again probably not one of my better ideas, I've been kind of out of it since the whole Temari thing.
I slid down the banister, something normally forbidden but I didn't really care. I grabbed the old duffle and dragged it to the door. My parents were waiting to see me off to my first day of mental school yippee. "Oh I'm going to miss you so much Shikamaru!" cried my mom as she hugged me.
I was about to say something clever like " if your going to miss me so much don't send me away" , but I caught a glance from my dad. They truly believed this was best so I just said " yeah I'll miss you too" In a halfhearted way.
A loud honking noise came from outside. "There's your carpool son: my dad said. My mom finally stopped hugging me and went off somewhere to cry about losing her little man. I felt bad, I always do when I make someone cry even if it's not my fault like now. My dad turned to me "Shikamaru I know you think this is unfair, but we don't know what else to do. This might help you forget about that Tamarine girl."
"Her name was Temari dad" I said with a hint of anger in my voice but it was gone when I spoke again "I know you're just trying to help."
The honking noise was getting louder." Okay. Okay he's coming" my dad yelled out the window then turned back to me "you better get out there before I start balling too" he said already tearing up.
"Oh dad don't. What kind of example would that set?" I asked trying to hold my own emotions back. "You're right son" he said hugging me. I was shocked my old man never did anything mushy like that. Then suddenly himself again he dragged me out to the waiting van.
Already in the van were my friends Choji Akimichi and Sasuke Uchiha. Choji was eating a bag of chips and he already had several empty bags around his feet. Choji has had a binge eating disorder since he was 5. Sasuke on the other hand had his own fan club of annoying girls. Sasuke always looked cool with his raven hair and onyx eyes but unfortunately for all his fan girls Sasuke was born without emotions or a personality. "Hey Shikamaru" said Choji through a mouthful of chips "sit by me.
I climbed into the van and through my stuff in the back where everyone else had. "Ow!" said a voice from the back. "What was that?" I asked the driver, Itachi Uchiha. Sasuke's brother is probably the quietest guy I've ever met (usually). "That's probably Naruto" Sasuke said "he moved here last May." "Never met him." I replied.
"Oh well now you know him he'll probably wake up soon." said Choji who was looking through his bag for more food. With that the van began to move. In the seat behind me a blond guy wearing an orange jumpsuit sat up rubbing his head. "Where am I?" he asked.
"You're on the bus to crazy town." Sasuke is the only guy I know who can say this stuff with a strait face. The blond looked around and spotted me "Hi I'm Naruto Uzumaki. I'm new, well sort of. What's your name? Are you new? Do you know these people? What's your favorite color? How old are you?" This guy wouldn't shut up.
"Do you have A.D.D. or something?" I interrupted
"Actually yes I do. You're rude. Are you Shikamaru? They told me they were picking up a guy named Shikamaru. Do you have a girlfriend? I do she's hot. Her name's Hinata. She stutters. Do you stutter? Hey look a butterfly." He stopped talking and looked out the window. This guy probably forgot to take some medication or something I thought. We had been in the car for about 20 minutes. "How long is this drive going to take?" I asked Itachi. "Another 3 hours " said Sasuke with no emotion as usual.
"I'm going to take a nap. Choji make sure these dorks don't prank me while I'm sleeping." I said I hate it when people do that, especially the one where they put shaving crème in your hand and tickle your nose. Sasuke did that once at camp and I permanently damaged his hearing in his left ear. He wouldn't be stupid enough to try anything but I thought that Naruto clown might.
"No problem. Hey do you have any food?" that was Choji always thinking with his stomach.
"Maybe. Check my bag" I said. The last sound I heard was Choji going through my bag as I drifted off to sleep.
I awoke 2 hours later to the familiar sound of road rage. Remember how I said Itachi was usually quiet. Well when he's stuck in traffic he swears like a sailor. Itachi had his head out the window and was yelling loudly "What the fuck do you think you're doing? You fucking son of a bitch!" he yelled as some one cut him off. The others were watching him with admiration, except Sasuke who was used to this and didn't care.
Great now I wouldn't be able to sleep. I decided to watch clouds. I don't really try to find shapes I just watch them float along. After another hour of road rage we were finally at the school. The Konaha academy didn't seem very inviting.
Even though the Konaha academy was for problem kids it had some problems of its own. Tsunade didn't even own the school anymore she lost it in a poker game but the new owner never got around to firing Tsunade or renaming the school. The academy was around 5 stories tall with the dorms in the back. Since most of the students were ninjas from nearby villages there were fields set up for shuriken practice. There was a track and a football field too but those weren't used as much. "Okay everybody out" called Itachi. We grabbed our stuff and hopped out of the van. "Good luck you're going to need it" said Itachi as he drove away.
"What's that supposed to mean?" asked an ever clueless Naruto. "Come on guys let's go. Hey look a vending machine. I think I'll get a couple sodas" said Sasuke sprinting toward his one and only love soda. He usually drank around 87 cans a day.
"We've lost Sasuke." I said a little melodramatically "let's go. I think there's a first day assembly about dorms or something."
We headed to the main building and walked inside. Choji immediately smelled the cafeteria and ran off. "So Naruto do you know any of these people?" I asked.
"Yup. I met some of these guys at summer camp. I'll introduce you!" he said grabbing my arm and dragging me down the hall pointing out random people. "That's Sakura Haruno." He said pointing out a girl with bubble gum pink hair. "She's bipolar and talks to herself." She waved at us than began yelling at no one. "She fights with herself a lot. That's Kiba. He's kind of a jerk but once you get to know him he's okay" Naruto said pointing at a boy with black hair wearing a fluffy coat, he had a small tan dog sitting on his head. "Uh what's with the dog?" I asked. "Oh that's Akamaru. Don't really know why Kiba has him here though. Hey is that a butterfly?" Naruto asked pointing to a big blue butterfly. We watched the bug flutter over to a guy in a weird gray coat. The boy reached out his arm and the butterfly easily landed on it. "Maurice you know you're not allowed out" he said talking to the bug "Well I guess it's okay this one time but don't do it again." He put the bug in his pocket walked over to a nearby wall and walked strait up it.
"Who's that guy?" I asked Naruto. "That my friend was Shino. He is probably the weirdest guy here." Naruto replied.
"So uh does he do that a lot?"
"Yup. Now come on I want you to meet Hinata." He said dragging me off yet again. Something about this place told me I was going to fit in just fine.
A/N Aw wasn't that happy? I hope you liked it, I'm currently typing the next chapter so if I get some reviews it should be posted by Satuday.